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  • White House Proposes Online Privacy Bill of Rights

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    (También en Español) News of Note: White House Proposes Online Privacy Bill of Rights the Obama Administration released a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights for online users, including the ability for browser users to opt out of being tracked by advertisers and others. The proposed document was described by the White House as “part of…

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  • Maryland Legislature to Employers: Hands Off Facebook Passwords

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    (También en Español) News of Note: Maryland Legislature to Employers: Hands Off Facebook Passwords The state of Maryland just passed the first bill in the nation that bans employers from asking for the social media passwords of job applicants and employees. Maryland should be congratulated for not only standing up for online privacy, but privacy…

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  • Facebook privacy protection law shot down by Congress

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    (También en Español) News of Note: Facebook privacy protection law shot down by Congress The US House of Representatives has shot down proposals which would have prevented businesses from collecting Facebook log on credentials as part of their employee vetting procedures. The law had been proposed by Colorado representative Daniel Perlmutter. Perimutter suggested that the…

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  • UK Surveillance: New powers to record every phone call and email

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    (También en Español) News of Note: New powers to record every phone call and email makes surveillance ’60m times worse’ The proposals, to be unveiled in the Queen’s Speech, will see a huge expansion in the amount of data communication providers are required to keep for at least a year. It will allow the police…

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  • Care About Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist

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    (También en Español) News of Note: Justice Dept, FBI Say Interest in Online Privacy an ‘Indicator’ of Terrorism A new flyer released by the Department of Justice and the FBI, emblazoned with the logos of each agency and being circulated to Internet cafes and other businesses, warns of “potential indicators of terrorist activities.” In particular, the…

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  • Warrant needed for GPS tracking while civilian use rises

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    (También en Español) News of Note: Private Snoops Find GPS Trail Legal to Follow Online, and soon in big-box stores, you can buy a device no bigger than a cigarette pack, attach it to a car without the driv er’s knowledge and watch the vehicle’s travels — and stops — at home on your laptop.…

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